Mail-handling apparatus.



J. P. BOGERT.

MAIL HANDLING APPARATUS.-

APPLlCATION man NOV. 11. 1916.

Emma Dec. 11, 191?.

I N V E N TO R WITNESSES ATTOR N EY Jidfii it. Bossier, in "CKIYJAHQMAJ Omani.

NMiiiIL-HANDLING APPARATUS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d page, 1 1., gem;

a ea e 'filea november 17, 1916. Serial No. 131,917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, JoHN Boenn'rga en of the United States, residing at Ole lahoma city, in thejcounty of 'Qklahoma.

and Stateof Oklahomaphave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Man Handling Apparatus,oi:' which the following, is a specification. y

This invention relates qto \an improved mail; handling apparatus and 1 the principal object 01": the invention is to provide a mail handling apparatus which fwill be soconstructed that by means of the same, a sack may be delivered to a Zstationdevice and taken from the same as thetrain passes the station, the station'd'eviceand the train device being both soconstructed that a sack may be either held for delivery or collected thus making it unnecessary toprovide-spe-j cial means for 'holdingthe sack" to be'fde liveredand other means for collecting the sack to be taken up, j l

Anotherobjct of the invention is to so construct this mail handling apparatus'that a sack may be taken from a train or delivered thereto with the train moving either up or down the track.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mail handling apparatus in whichthe station device and the train device will be very simple in construction but at the same time very efficient in operation.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein there is shown in perspective the improved mail handling device.

This mail handling apparatus includes a station device and a train device, each of which is so constructed that it may hold a sack for delivery and take up a sack with the train going either up or down the track, the same means being employed for holding the sack to be delivered when the train is moving in one direction as would be used for taking up the sack to be delivered when the train is moving in the opposite direction. The station device is provided with a standard 10 having arms 11 extending from its upper end and in the present in stance connected with the standard by the coupling 12. Of course, if desired, these arms could be cast integral with the standard but in the illustration, the standard and arms will be formed of either pipe sections or metal bars eonnected by the coupling. .Ea h arm 1 is presid d With a s pin i i it .E .Q: or finger l3 extendlng fromthe outer side faces of the arms. Clamps 1&1 are secured.

to theiingers lii and when used for holding a saclr to be delivered, will extend upon opposite sides'of theeye 15held in engage:

ment with the head of the sack 16 by the bearing. xThis eye carries a ringl8 which w ll extend asshown at the left ofthefigure to support the sack andas the eye 15 is positioned between the clamp ltand theend of the finger 13, the sack will be held against movement and the ring also held in the proper position. This ring terminates in a tongue or extension 19 having side faces provided with the grooves 20, the purposeoii which will be hereinafter broughtout The train deviceincludesa carrying bar 21 which passes througha bearing 22 secured to the door-frame 23 and provided with a'set screw24: so that thiscarrying bar may be releasably' held an adjusted position. j A mail car is provided withyaside door. at each sideyand it isto be understood that one of these bearings 22 may be secured to each door -;Erame thus permitting the train device to be extended from eitherside of the train desired. It will bealso' obvious that if desired, aseparate train device could be provided for each side of the car. The carrying bar 21 is provided at its outer end with side arms 25, each of which terminates in a head 26 and is provided with an upstanding stationary aw 27. A movable jaw or finger 28 is pivotallyconnected with the head 26 and when in the operative position, extends as shown in the drawing. The leaf spring 29 which is secured to the underface of the side arm, engages the hinge-end of the movable jaw 28 and serves to releasably hold the jaw in the upright position. It will thus be seen that when the sack is suspended from the side arm, the tongue .or extension 19 will be positioned between the stationary jaw 27 and the movable jaw 28 with these jaws fitting into the side grooves 20 thus preventing the ring 18 from having movement transversely of the side arm.

When in use, the sack to be delivered to the station. will be suspended from the train device as shown and the sack to be delivered to the trainwill be suspended from the station device as shown. The train device will be set to extend the proper distance from the car and as the car moves along the track, it being presumed that the car is moving tord the left in the drawing, the free'arm V pf the train device will pass through the suspend the sack and permit the sack to ring of thesack carriedbythe stationode vice and the finger 13 of the station device, which is free, will pass through the ring of the sack suspended from the train device.

The momentum given the sackswhen re-' swing without danger "of striking the standard 10. After-*the sack'has'heen transferred, the stationmast'er could remove the sack from the station device andthe mailcle'rkinrthecar could release the set screw I 24=anddraw the 'carrying bar 21 inwardly thuspermitting him to easily remove the suizkstherefrom. There has therefore been provided, .a mail handling device which is simple in construction but which is very efficientin operation and there hasfurther been j provrdeda 1na1l handling apparatus in which] slmilarstructures may be used for suspending teach to be delivered and'for taking-up a" sackto "be collected.

What is'fclaimed 'is:1 v

1. a mail handling apparatus a train devicecompris'ing a. carrying bar, an arm extending from the carrying bar, a'stationary jaw extending above the a'rm,=a movable jaw extending above the arm inoperative relation to the stationary jaw and having movement; longitudinally of the arm, a sack carrying ring forgresting upon the arm be 7 arm.

tween the movable and stationary jaws thereof, and a tongue extending from the ring between the jaws and provided with grooves receiving the jaws and preventing transverse movementof the ring upon the 2. Ina mail handling apparatus a train device including anfarm, a stationary jaw extending above the arm, amovablo jaw pivotally connected'with the arm in operative relation to the stationary jaw for movement longitudinally of the arm and yield ably held in a set position, a sack suspend ing'ring'for resting upon the arm between the jaws, and a tongue extending from the ring'andflprovided with grooves to receive the jaws and prevent transverse movement of the ring upon the arm;

3. In a mail handling apparatus a train device including an arm, a stationary jaw extendingfrom the arm, a movable jaw pivotailly connected with the arm in operative relation to the stationary jaw, the movable jaw havingymovement longitudinally of the arm and yield'ably held in a set position, a sack suspending device forresting-upon the arm between the jaws, and a tongue extending from the sack suspending device and extending between the jaws.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P; BOGERT. Witnesses: JOHN H. TUFEL,

IvoR TURNER.

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